*Official Third Test at Edgbaston

[pup11]

Eng to post an opening stand of 100+

Reverse jinx to the rescue...

 

[Prince EWS]

Anderson's spell so far:

12-7-20-5 unchanged.

Fair effort.

 

[Demolition Man]

Aussies seem to forget they had 30 overs when the ball did naff all yesterday.

yeah and we scored 100 odd for one. whats your point ??

 

[Scaly piscine]

yeah and we scored 100 odd for one. whats your point ??

Well the Aussies are already pre-emptively whining about England getting the better of the conditions etc.

 

[Demolition Man]

Well the Aussies are already pre-emptively whining about England getting the better of the conditions etc.

Well on the balance of play they have so far this series, assuming the conditions stay the same today I would find it hard for aussies to complain though.

 

[Burgey]

Anderson's spell so far:

12-7-20-5 unchanged.

Fair effort.

Why do you love him so mate?

 

[Burgey]

Well the Aussies are already pre-emptively whining about England getting the better of the conditions etc.

Bollocks mate. We're hoping the conditions stay the same when we bowl, which will give our blokes a chance to utilise them. A real whinge that.

 

[pup11]

Moisture content of the air is the bigger factor than pure sun, I reckon. The ground being still quite wet would make the atmosphere at ground level still quite humid. If the Aussies don't get useful swing, that's poor bowling.

Hilfy swings it just about anywhere, so that's not an issue, but the real problem is none of the other Aussie bowlers are swing bowlers, so they would have to really on movement of the seam and accuracy to take most of their wickets.

Would be great if Mitch can get some swing going, ideal conditions these for swing bowling, and despite all the criticism that comes his way, he does tend to swing the ball in helpful conditions.

 

[Demolition Man]

Moisture content of the air is the bigger factor than pure sun, I reckon. The ground being still quite wet would make the atmosphere at ground level still quite humid. If the Aussies don't get useful swing, that's poor bowling.

I really do hope so, I do enjoy genuine (legal) swing bowling, its such a a rarity these days. Would be an injustice not to see both sides show their wares.

 

[Ikki]

Well the Aussies are already pre-emptively whining about England getting the better of the conditions etc.

Was one session though.

 

[Jamee999]

Ravi

 

[Scaly piscine]

****ing Bopara ruining Onions' figures *again*

 

[Prince EWS]

Why do you love him so mate?

His awesomeness, mainly.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Ravi

Quite so. Horror.

Barely got his tips to it in the end.

 

[pup11]

Why do you love him so mate?

Duplicate account of GIMH....

 

[tooextracool]

There are some serious problems with the speedo if Onions is clocking 93.5 mph. Been poor stuff from Onions this spell so far.

 

[Demolition Man]

handy partnership this.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Aussies seem to forget they had 30 overs when the ball did naff all yesterday.

tbf Jimmy hooped the **** out of it until it got wet.

 

[Burgey]

Hilfy swings it just about anywhere, so that's not an issue, but the real problem is none of the other Aussie bowlers are swing bowlers, so they would have to really on movement of the seam and accuracy to take most of their wickets.

Would be great if Mitch can get some swing going, ideal conditions these for swing bowling, and despite all the criticism that comes his way, he does tend to swing the ball in helpful conditions.

Doing a bit off the wicket as well though.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Here's some trivia for you. What do these eight men have in common?

Daren Powell
Pramodya Wickremasinghe
Mohammad Sami
Mashrafe Mortaza
Madan Lal
Ajit Agarkar
Shahadat Hossain
Stuart Broad